WOYWW 308 (17)

Hello and welcome to another week of What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.  This is where we can sneak a peek at other people's craft spaces and you can join in the fun here.

My desk this week -

Short and sweet this week - this is how far I've got.  

Next week there will be shots from the garden - the strawberries, nasturtium, peppers and peas are doing well, the beans are not.

I will also be showing off new toys I got in the 20% sale at work last week.  I'm saving them for my week's holiday next week.

Have a great week, all! x

WOYWW 307 (16)

Hello and welcome to another episode of What's On Your Work desk Wednesday, and what do you know?  It's Wednesday again and it's time to share all of our lovely work spaces to each other.  You can join in the fun here.

My desk this week -

 Two cross stitches for display at work.  This is the last of the displays I'm making at the moment, because there is nothing more to make.  At the end of this week, work is having a twenty percent off event and I hope to show off what I get to you guys in next week's episode of WOYWW.

 I remembered at the last moment of day light to take pics of my newly planted garden .  On the left we have the peas:  Back row left to right - Paula, Pedro, Priscilla and Pammy.  Front row left to right - Pete, Pablo, Phoebe and Paddy.  The Beans: left to right - Bert, Boris and of course, Bob.

 Here we have the strawberries - Sally, Celina and Serena.  Working hard to unfurl the leaf edges.  I think they are poorly.

 These are the peppers - Polly, Poppy and Percy.  they are doing well.  I am pleased to report that Honey the Honeysuckle is now better after last year's tile dust incident, although we are still waiting for her to bloom, which is late this year.

 Last week, I promised to get a picture of the recipient of the wall hanging I stitched for 3 months.  This is Naomi, and she was very pleased with her present:)

 The birthday card I made her.

This week, I'll be finishing the Tatty Teddy cross stitch and hopefully starting one of the things I get in the sale this week.  See you next week! x

WOYWW 306 (15)

Hello and welcome to another week of What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday, where we can all take a peek into the work spaces of crafty people all over the world.  You can join in here.

My desk this week...

 ...is the dining room table.  I've taken one of the new kits-in-a-tin range from work to make up for display.  I chose the Mini Mechanic set, which comprises of bits to make a plane, car and helicopter.  I think it is the best value for money out of all the kits in the range.  I've just spent two hours making a plane and half a helicopter with my fat fingers.  Hours of fun for a ten year old.  I also wish to promote that our shop has more craft kits for boys these days, by sticking them all in this week's window display.

At a loose end after finishing the birthday present, I couldn't help but start another.  This is the entire design.  It just gets bigger!  Currently sitting at about 10cm /4in squared.

I'm giving the birthday present to the recipient this Friday, so will hopefully try and get a picture of her with it for next week's blog.  I hope she'll like it.

In other news, I've started work on this year's garden.  Was going to take a picture but it got dark.  Doh.  So far we have strawberries, peppers, nasturtium, beans, peas and carrots.  Thinking about planting beetroot, broccoli and sprouts.  More next week.

Have a great week everyone!  xxx

WOYWW 305 (14)

Hello and welcome to another week of What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.  This is where we all take a peek at the work spaces of other crafters from around the world.  You can join in the fun here.

My desk this week -

 It's in another fine mess.  Nothing really noteworthy, just the scrap from various projects I did during the week.

 Wall hanging completely finished with bound edges and a tie at the top.  Glad it's over, it's been three months.

 Two more Christmas cards done.

 I made two batches of chocolate Easter nests for the kids at the pub and the kids at work.  I found they get better with age.

 I tried to turn this picture around, but as my laptop took two hours to let me get this far, I stopped being bothered.  Hope you don't mind turning your head to view it.  It's a made-a-bear kit that came in at work.  We got a memo through to make one up.  So i did.  Not sure a 7 year old would have a five hour attention span, though.  The bear's made of chenille, so the more he is handled, the more bare the bear becomes.

I can't move for wedding talk at the moment.  Three friends of mine are getting married.  One of them has asked me to make bunting for her wedding and I am thinking of offering to make cross stitched table place names as my wedding gift to them.  I don't know how many people they are inviting, but I've got until the middle of August next year.  What could possibly go wrong (oh yeah, if the other two want them as well!)?

My thoughts are firmly with Fairythoughts at the moment as life has dealt her some lemons.  Fingers crossed everything gets better soon.

Have a great week all!

WOYWW 304 (13)

Hello and welcome to another week of What's On your Workdesk Wednesday.  Here, we take a sneaky peak at other craft desks from around the world and see what folk are up to.  You can join in the fun here.

My desk this week -

I finished it! I am pleased with it and wonder how I'll be able to part with it. I've just spent thre hours trying to publish this blog on my notepad that really is coming to the end of it's days and find myself finishing the job tapping on my phone's tiny keypad desperate not to break my new year's resolution of completing every woyww every week of the year. Tired now and off to bed.

Have a great week all xxx

WOYWW 303 (12)

Hello and welcome to anothr week of What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday, where we get to bloghop over other people's crafty work spaces to see what they are doing.  You can join in the fun here.

My desk this week -

The girly Mondrian is coming along nicely.  Only a handful of spaces left to fill.  I have done exactly nothing else in the last week after discovering that sewing this goes well with watching The Returned and American Horror Story on Netflix.  The house work has suffered somewhat.

In other news, I still have a cold but the symptoms have eased off enough to let some motivation in.  Good times.

Have a great week all! 

xxx

WOYWW 302 (11)

Hello, and welcome to another week of What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.  This is where we sneak a peek at craft desks and floors from around the world.  You should take a look and I think you should join in.  You can do so by clicking this.

My desks this week -

 I think I whined last week that I've been ill of late and as such, have been unable to do much crafting.  I'm back to a very sore, very dry throat that I can't seem to keep moist and has a habit of closing up on me.  I did get on with some more of the surprise birthday present.  I'm very pleased with it.  O/H  suggested a red, white and blue one, which I may do, but I can't help feeling that's ripping off Mondrian.  I look forward to making a yellow and green triangle piece.  In the far future.  This one is taking an age.

My actual desk this week - a dumping ground.  Cat treats, camera case, a desk tidy full of embroidery flosses I never find the time to put away, a useful chart that explains how much ribbon is required for cakes of different shapes and sizes (research for work), a lottery ticket (wouldn't THAT be nice?!) and felt tips I used to colour in a birthday card for my mum.

This week I plan to beat this wretched cold, get on with the surprise birthday present and a spot of gardening, while I wait for my crafting mojo to return.  Have a great week all! xxx